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ArubaWhy Australian settlers hid shoes in their homes
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ThailandThai fears over dogs destined to be eaten
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Libya, 
SyriaWhy have Syria and Libya's uprisings unfolded so differently?
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United StatesThe BBC political editor Nick Robinson has spent the last few days in the US as the Camerons and the Obamas got together. He sent a video diary of a very American week.
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SyriaThousands of Syrians gathered in the capital Damascus for a rally supporting leader President Bashar al-Assad.
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BoliviaA Bolivian judge resist pressure to resign despite a public outcry after he admitted "reading" coca leaf to help him make decisions.
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Indonesia, 
United KingdomIndonesia has asked the UK to take back 1,800 tonnes of suspected contaminated waste, the Environment Agency reveals.
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Sri Lanka, United StatesSri Lankan government supporters have held a rally to protest against US plans to table a resolution critical of the country at the UN Human Rights Council.
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United StatesThe US agriculture department relaxes its rules on beef products for school meals, allowing schools to avoid lean mince commonly called "pink slime".
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SwitzerlandSurvivors of the devastating coach crash in Switzerland, which killed 22 children, are returning home.
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ChileProtesters clash with riot police in Chile's capital, Santiago, as students resume demonstrations to demand radical educational reform.
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ChinaWorkers who make iPad parts in one factory in China say that low wages mean they have little choice but to work excessively long hours.
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IndiaWorld number one Novak Djokovic beats Spaniard Nicolas Almagro to reach the last four in Indian Wells.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), 
Argentina, United KingdomThe UK criticises Argentina's threats of court action over Falkland Islands oil exploration, calling its behaviour "illegal intimidation".
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ThailandAuthorities in Thailand say that in the last six months they have rescued 2,000 dogs destined for the dinner tables of south east Asia.
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Hong KongHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban launches a scathing attack on the European Union, accusing it of treating the country as a colony.
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India'Hereditary democracy' alive and well in India
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New ZealandA fishing boat capsizes off New Zealand's southern coast and rescue operations are still ongoing for the missing passengers, local media report.
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IndiaIs the lack of toilets in India a cultural issue?
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Bermuda, ArubaMercedes driver Michael Schumacher sets the pace in a damp second practice at the Australian GP after McLaren topped the first.
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United KingdomThe standards of care provided to the elderly in their home in the UK has been labelled "shocking and disgraceful" by the consumer group Which?
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IndiaA severely battered baby girl admitted to hospital in January in the Indian capital, Delhi, dies of a cardiac arrest.
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JapanScientists in Japan measure the brain activity of honeybees as they form a killer swarm around their worst enemy, the giant hornet.
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CubaA group of Cuban dissidents who had occupied a church in Havana ahead of the Pope's visit have been removed from the building.
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United Kingdom, ChinaA Standard Chartered Bank employee is detained by Chinese authorities as part of a probe against one of her clients.
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North KoreaNorth Korea says it will launch a satellite on a rocket in April, a move condemned by South Korea and Japan as violation of UN resolutions.
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FranceFrench actor Gerard Depardieu reveals he signed up to play former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn because he is "arrogant and smug".
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Aruba, United KingdomIan Thorpe fails to make the 200m freestyle final at the Australian trials, and he must now hope to qualify in the 100m free.
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GermanyGermany's second largest airline, Air Berlin, reports worse-than-expected losses for 2011 as it continues its efforts to downsize.
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Afghanistan, 
TurkeyA Turkish army Sikorsky helicopter falls on an Afghan house in Kabul, killing at least 12 Turkish soldiers and two children.
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United KingdomVoucher company Groupon has been given three months to improve the way it operates in the UK following "widespread" breaches of consumer protection rules.
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India, 
BangladeshIndia's Sachin Tendulkar scores his 100th international century in a one-day Asia Cup game against Bangladesh in Mirpur.
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MoldovaAn independent judge, Nicolae Timofti, is elected president of Moldova in a parliamentary vote, ending nearly three years of political stalemate.
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United StatesGreater New York City fire department helped Iranians celebrate their festival of fire safely in the open.
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Syria, United KingdomThe father-in-law of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad compares the Syrian army's actions in Homs to the UK police's response to the London riots.
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India, BangladeshIndia's Sachin Tendulkar scores his 100th international century in a one-day Asia Cup game against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
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GreeceGreece has collected almost 1bn euros ($1.3bn; £830m) in back taxes, still a fraction of the amount outstanding, a European official says.
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SomaliaSomali government troops, backed by African Union forces, have for the first time seized an area outside the capital Mogadishu from the Islamist group al-Shabab.
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GermanyA Jewish man wins his fight against a German museum for the return of thousands of rare posters stolen from his father by the Nazis in 1938.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghans at the weekend had been unhappy to be sent to serve in Afghanistan, a Seattle lawyer says.
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SyriaOn the first anniversary of Syria's uprising against Bashar al-Assad's regime, the UN announces it will participate in a humanitarian mission this weekend.
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Turkey, SyriaRefugees from the conflict in Syria are continuing to flock into neighbouring Turkey.
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NorwayNorway's domestic intelligence agency warns that future Anders Behring Breivik-style attacks are possible, saying it had no way of uncovering his plot.
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Iceland, United KingdomMore than 50 local authorities in the UK are set to be paid back funds lost when the Icelandic bank Glitnir failed in 2008.
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IndiaIndia's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unveils the country's annual budget, saying that the economy is turning around.
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United KingdomBig budget TV dramas such as Downton Abbey could be offered 25% tax breaks for filming in the UK, the chancellor is expected to announce in Wednesday's budget.
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France, United KingdomMervyn Davies' death gives Wales added motivation for Saturday's Grand Slam tilt against France, says backs coach Robert Howley.
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Ethiopia, 
EritreaEritrea says it will not retaliate after Ethiopia's cross-border raid on Thursday, easing fears of a new conflict between the long-time rivals.
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East TimorEast Timor goes to the polls this weekend for the first round of its presidential election, in a year that marks a decade of independence.
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Switzerland, 
YemenA Swiss woman is kidnapped in Yemen, Yemeni and Swiss officials say, but it is unclear whether tribesmen or militants are behind it.
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Israel, IndiaPolice in India say they have issued arrest warrants for three Iranians who allegedly planned the February attack on an Israeli diplomat in Delhi.
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ZimbabweA lawyer for the family of Zimbabwe's ex-military chief Solomon Mujuru says the official inquiry into his death has not achieved anything.
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Turkey, SyriaTurkey urges its citizens to leave Syria, citing serious security risks, as international envoy Kofi Annan briefs the UN about the latest peace moves.
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Switzerland, 
BelgiumBelgium holds a day of mourning to remember the victims of the coach crash in a Swiss tunnel in which 22 schoolchildren and six adults died.
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North Korea, United StatesRegional neighbours and the US call North Korea's plans to launch a rocket-mounted satellite a breach of UN resolutions and a grave provocation.
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ChinaMillions of microblog users in China face new registration rules, as authorities try to prevent the spread of what they call "unfounded" rumours.
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IndiaIndia's "Little Master" Sachin Tendulkar has become the first batsman to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
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IndiaScientists in Indian-administered Kashmir claim they have successfully cloned the first Himalayan goat which produces the famed pashmina wool.
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FranceService personnel in south-west France are reportedly told not to wear military uniforms outside barracks, after paratroopers are shot dead in Montauban and Toulouse.
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SyriaThe UN and Arab League envoy on Syria, Kofi Annan, says he is sending a team to Damascus to discuss setting up a new international monitoring mission.
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EgyptArmed Bedouin demonstrators in Egypt's Sinai peninsula lift their siege of a base used by foreign peacekeepers, security sources say.
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Switzerland, United KingdomA British boy is among 28 people - 22 of them children - killed when a coach hit the wall of a Swiss tunnel returning from a school skiing trip.
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ItalyItalian carmaker Fiat halts production at all five of its plants in its home country, as it struggles to cope with a transport strike.
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LebanonA judge at the UN-backed tribunal investigating the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri refuses to expand the charges.
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United StatesA US student who used a webcam to secretly film his room-mate in a gay encounter is found guilty of hate crime and invasion of privacy.
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China, United StatesThe producers of a hit US radio show that criticised working conditions at Apple's Chinese suppliers admit the show contained fabrications.
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SudanActor George Clooney is arrested at a protest outside Sudan's US embassy in an effort to highlight concerns over conflict with South Sudan.
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Afghanistan, United StatesAfghan President Hamid Karzai has accused the US of not fully co-operating with the investigation into the killing of 16 civilians by a rogue American soldier.
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CubaVenzuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is on his way home from Cuba after treatment for a recurrence of cancer.
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BotswanaA Brazilian judge rejects the first ever attempt to charge a former army officer for crimes committed during the country's military rule.
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Afghanistan, United StatesAfghan President Hamid Karzai accuses the US of not fully co-operating with a probe into the massacre of 16 civilians by a US serviceman.
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ItalyThe Vatican opens a rare criminal investigation into unauthorised leaks to the Italian media of confidential documents.
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Switzerland, BelgiumThere were no traces of alcohol in the blood of the driver of the Belgian coach that crashed in Switzerland killing 28 people, an autopsy reveals.
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LibyaClashes at a rally calling for a semi-autonomous region in Libya have left one person dead in the eastern city of Benghazi, reports say.
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AustriaAustrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has successfully completed a test jump from 71,500ft (22km) above New Mexico, before he attempts the highest skydive in history later this year.
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United StatesA letter calling Goldman Sachs "toxic" could prompt the US investment bank to take more care of clients, a senior executive tells the BBC.
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